2024-05-16T05:39:57-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150408546/gene-aubry-noted-architect-dies-at-88 reallynotmyname 2023-12-16T14:33:00-05:00 >2024-01-16T01:10:33-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d0/d087d5cb7611e079a7f8851b042f3dae.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Aubry died Saturday in Palmetto, Florida. He was 88. He was the architect behind the Wortham Center in Houston and he finished the design work on that city&rsquo;s Rothko Chapel.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Aubry began his career in the office of Howard Barnstone, where he advanced to a prominent role in that practice.&nbsp; One of their best known projects was the Rice University Art barn and Media Center.&nbsp; Later, as a leader in the firm of Morris*Aubry, Aubry was the designer of numerous important Houston buildings of the 1970s and 80's.&nbsp; These projects include the&nbsp; the downtown Central Library, First City Tower and the Glassell School of Art.<br></p>